President Outlines Plans to Close Guantanamo
WASHINGTON — In an effort to make good on campaign promises, President Obama reaffirmed on Feb. 23 his commitment to closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Read MoreWASHINGTON — In an effort to make good on campaign promises, President Obama reaffirmed on Feb. 23 his commitment to closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Read MoreWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Jan. 25 authored an op-ed in The Washington Post decrying the use of solitary confinement for detained youth, calling the practice “an affront to our common humanity.” The piece outlined the president’s plans to ban solitary confinement for juveniles and low-level offenders in the nation’s federal prisons.
Read MoreWASHINGTON — On Nov. 2, President Obama announced new actions aimed at helping the more than 600,000 formerly incarcerated individuals released from state and federal prisons each year rehabilitate and reintegrate back into their communities.
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